checkpatch: allow parentheses on return for comparisons
It seems to be a common idiom to include braces on conditionals in all
contexts including return. Allow this exception to the return is not a
function checks. Reported by Kay Sievers.
Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index b953c76..5c7fd1a 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@
our $Constant = qr{(?:[0-9]+|0x[0-9a-fA-F]+)[UL]*};
our $Assignment = qr{(?:\*\=|/=|%=|\+=|-=|<<=|>>=|&=|\^=|\|=|=)};
+our $Compare = qr{<=|>=|==|!=|<|>};
our $Operators = qr{
<=|>=|==|!=|
=>|->|<<|>>|<|>|!|~|
@@ -1983,9 +1984,9 @@
my $spacing = $1;
my $value = $2;
- # Flatten any parentheses and braces
+ # Flatten any parentheses
$value =~ s/\)\(/\) \(/g;
- while ($value =~ s/\([^\(\)]*\)/1/) {
+ while ($value !~ /(?:$Ident|-?$Constant)\s*$Compare\s*(?:$Ident|-?$Constant)/ && $value =~ s/\([^\(\)]*\)/1/) {
}
if ($value =~ /^(?:$Ident|-?$Constant)$/) {